Carex Stricta Lamarck, p. 47

99 Carex stricta, Lamarck

Syn. C. acuta Muhl. (not of Linn) C. Virginiana, Smith,
C. angustata, Boot.

Sterile spikes 1 to 3, slender; fertile 2 to 4
cylindrical, slender, [recurved?], usually barren at
the summit; lower bract seldom exceeding the culm;
perigynia ovate-acuminate, or elliptical, shorter
and broader than the narrow, reddish-brown scale; culm
slender, sharply triangular, rough, longer than
the narrow rigid leaves. Culms 2 to 3 feet
high; flowers in May. Wet meadows
common.

Wisconsin; Illinois; southern Indiana,
Ohio, Michigan, and about Lake Superior.
Extends to the Southern states, and northward to the Arctic regions, and the
North West Coast.

This is one of the most abundant
species in our natural wet meadows and forms most of
what is known as the fine hay.

99 Carex stricta, Lamarck

Syn. C. acuta Muhl. (not of Linn) C. Virginiana, Smith,
C. angustata, Boot.

Sterile spikes 1 to 3, slender; fertile 2 to 4
cylindrical, slender, [recurved?], usually barren at
the summit; lower bract seldom exceeding the culm;
perigynia ovate-acuminate, or elliptical, shorter
and broader than the narrow, reddish-brown scale; culm
slender, sharply triangular, rough, longer than
the narrow rigid leaves. Culms 2 to 3 feet
high; flowers in May. Wet meadows
common.

Wisconsin; Illinois; southern Indiana,
Ohio, Michigan, and about Lake Superior.
Extends to the Southern states, and northward to the Arctic regions, and the
North West Coast.

This is one of the most abundant
species in our natural wet meadows and forms most of
what is known as the fine hay.